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~ 7-11 MARTINSVILLE CODE Sec. 7-11. Unauthorized use of electricity. If any person shall, without authority from the city, connect or turn on electricity from the city system into any premises, or if any person receives or uses electricity from the city system knowing that he is not authorized to use such current by the city or some person responsible therefore, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (Code 1971, ~ 5-1) Cross reference-Penalty for Class 1 misdemeanor, ~ 1-11. Sec. 7.12. Liabilities. (a) City's liability. The electric department shall use reasonable diligence in attempting to furnish a regular and uninterrupted supply of electrical energy to its customers; however, in the event such supply is interrupted or fails by reason of an act of God or an act of a public enemy, or by reason of accidents, strikes, legal process, state or federal interference, breakdowns or injury to machinery or transmission or distribution equipment or lines, or by occasion of extraordinary repairs, the city shall not be liable for damages. The city shall not be liable for any loss, injury or damage resulting from use by the customer of his equipment or from use of electrical energy supplied by the city or from connections of the city wires with the customer's building, wires, appliances or equipment. The city will provide and maintain in proper operative conditions the necessary line or service connections, transformers, meters and other apparatus which may be required for proper measurement of and protection to its service. All such apparatus shall be and remain the property of the city. The city shall not be responsible for any damages, if caused by a reversal of current, unless the reversal of current is a direct result of negligence on the part of the electric department or its employees. (b) Customer's liability. In the event of loss of or injury to the city's electrical properties through misuse by or negligence of the customer or his employees, the cost of the necessary repairs or replacement thereof may be assessed against and collected from such customer. Customers will be held liable for and responsible for, according to law, tampering or interfering with or breaking of seals of meters, or otherwise damaging or tampering with city-owned equipment installed on the customer's premises. (Code 1971, ~ 5-11) Supp. No. 58 438 [The next page is 463]